In my copy of the Hobbit, The Battle of the Five Armies is covered in three pages. Majority of the events of this movie, beyond the story concerning Smaug and Laketown, is covered in one chapter. Thus begins the issues with the … Continue reading The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) Review
Out of the three movies, this was the one I was looking forward too. From the trailers I knew that it had the first confrontation with Smaug but I also knew that it included the famous barrel escape and also the confrontation with the spiders. This was the movie I was waiting for. I wasn’t disappointed. The first set-piece to be ticked-off my list was the spiders. I have written about how creepy I find spiders and how well they have been used before and my favourite part of the original Lord of the Rings trilogy was the confrontation with Shelob … Continue reading The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) Review
I never really liked the Lord of the Rings. Some people call it the greatest trilogy ever made, while others will even argue they are some of the greatest films ever. The people who believe in the latter will usually be huge Tolkien fans, knowing the book inside out and satisfied that Peter Jackson did a fantastic job of putting all the intricate details on the screen. For that reason, I felt a bit excluded by the whole trilogy. I was interested in the journey of the Hobbits and the battles, as many as there were, were brilliant to watch, but it felt … Continue reading The Hobbit: A Unexpected Journey (2012) Review
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